White Chocolate & Berry Flapjacks

At the end of last year I was sent a Degustabox to review, some of the contents of which I made into a Chocolate Chai Cheesecake. Last week I received the latest box containing the following...

Zico Chocolate Coconut water

Amy's Kitchen soup

Kombucha fermented tea

Dorset Cereals berry granola

Jules Destrooper Butter crisps

Quinola Mothergrain quinoa

Maggi So Juicy (x3)

Goody Good Stuff sweets (x2)

Pasta (not listed)

According to the information within the box the value of the items totalled £17.40 which, if you paid £12.99 for the box and would use all of the items within the box, would be a reasonable saving, however I don't think the saving is great enough to encourage me to buy this box as there are a few items within the box that I would neither buy nor use.

There was one product in this box that was definitely very welcome though. Dorset Cereals Berry Granola is a lovely cereal with lots of freeze dried fruity bits and crispy oat clusters. It was this product that I decided to use in my recipe for White Chocolate and Berry Flapjacks.

White Chocolate & Berry Flapjacks

150g Butter

150g Demerara sugar
150g Golden syrup
250g Berry Granola
100g Oats
50g White chocolate, melted

• Add the butter, sugar & syrup to a pan
• Heat gently until all the butter has melted
• Continue to heat, stirring regularly, until it just starts to bubble
• Remove from heat & stir in the granola & oats
• Mix well & press into a buttered baking pan
• Bake in a 180C oven for 15 minutes
• Allow to cool in the tin
• Refrigerate until set
• Drizzle the white chocolate over the flapjacks
• Allow the chocolate to set before slicing into bars or squares

If you would like to try a Degustabox for yourself you can receive a £3 discount by using the code C50D9.

I was sent the box free of charge for the purpose of this review

A Family Sunday Roast with Knorr

Today was a busy day that started off with me coming home at 9am from a onesie night in and sleepover at a friends, and then onto a 5th birthday party at a bowling alley followed by a family walk around a local wildlife centre to blow the cobwebs away before arriving back home to prepare a family roast dinner. 

Apparently today was National Yorkshire Pudding Day. I didn't know this until someone tweeted me after seeing a picture on Twitter of my roast. It was a good job then that I made some awesome Yorkies in recognition of this day.

  

Anyone that knows me knows that I don't make a Sunday roast too often, although I have been making a lot more recently. The reason for the roast this week was because my brother and sister in law came up from Devon to visit, which coincided perfectly with Knorr sending a hamper of ingredients to make a Sunday roast, including a joint of beef, veggies, Knorr gravy pots and a gravy boat. 

  

The knorr gravy pots are a convenient way to make home-made tasting gravy without any fuss. Each pot is mixed with 280ml of water and brought to the boil to make a rich and delicious gravy that has no preservatives, additives or flavour enhancers in. They have also been awarded Product of the Year in the Gravy & Stock Category!

Today we used the beef gravy stock pots with our roast beef, which I seasoned with garlic and rosemary before roasting in a pan with carrots, onions and parsnips and served alongside Yorkshire puddings, stuffing, roast potatoes, broccoli and sprouts.

  

An amazing roast, even if I do say so myself....

  

I was sent a selection of Knorr gravy pots along with meat and vegetables to make a roast dinner